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What's the actual state of DDU against CUDA, nsight and cudnn? Does it delete them in a correct way? Does it leave them as garbage files? Or maybe it does not touch them at all and only uninstalls the main gpu driver? What about the paths?
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DDU and Nvidia CUDA, Nsight, Cudnn
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Re: DDU and Nvidia CUDA, Nsight, Cudnn
It does not remove the sdk anymore, it only concentrate on the driver.Lion200223 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 2:41 pm I only found this topic:
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What's the actual state of DDU against CUDA, nsight and cudnn? Does it delete them in a correct way? Does it leave them as garbage files? Or maybe it does not touch them at all and only uninstalls the main gpu driver? What about the paths?
Thank you!
So technically , you use DDU to wipe the nvidia driver and then install a newer or older driver and all the cuda, nsight stuff should still work.
If you notice anything wrong tell me and I'll fix it, but from what I know it's working correctly.
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Re: DDU and Nvidia CUDA, Nsight, Cudnn
Thank you again!
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Re: DDU and Nvidia CUDA, Nsight, Cudnn
From what I understand, DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) mainly focuses on removing GPU driver components, registry entries, and related services. It typically doesn’t fully remove development tools like CUDA, Nsight, or cuDNN since those are installed separately and may be used without the driver package. In most cases, their files and paths remain intact unless they were bundled with the driver installation. If you want a completely clean environment for CUDA development, it’s usually better to uninstall CUDA Toolkit and related components separately after running DDU.
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Re: DDU and Nvidia CUDA, Nsight, Cudnn
Thanks or the advice, I appreciate it.lutherpage wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 5:33 am From what I understand, DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) mainly focuses on removing GPU driver components, registry entries, and related services. Troubleshooting system issues often requires a methodical approach and careful testing of different solutions. Preparation works the same way in academics too, where students sometimes review study materials like an ncae exam reviewer to understand topics better and get familiar with how exam questions are structured.